Now the attention of the football community has been drawn to the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzun, Switzerland, which will preside over the case of former European Football Association President Michel Platini and former FIFA President Joseph Blatter on allegations of corruption and fraud. According to sources, the sentence in the case could be five years in prison on the basis of cheating on FIFA by taking unfair compensation of two million Swiss francs (1.8 million euros) in favor of former French star Platini.

Platini and Blatter signed a written agreement in August 1999 stating that FIFA would pay CHF 300,000 annually, confirming that they had agreed to pay another CHF 700,000 annually when FIFA’s finances allowed. . Platini, who was president of the European Union, presented a bill for 2 million Swiss francs (1.8 million euros) in early 2011, which Blatter signed and presented to FIFA as the balance of wage arrears. In June, Swiss prosecutors requested a suspended prison sentence of one year and eight months.
In today’s trial, the 67-year-old Frenchman and the 86-year-old Swiss hope to find only one way-an acquittal based on political and judicial manipulation to keep them out of power.
During the investigation and two weeks of hearings, the defense tried to show the possibility of a possible behind-the-scenes role for the current FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, who was Platini’s right-hand man at FIFA and then not expected to be elected to FIFA. FIFA presidency. at the beginning of 2016.